Soundsmith - The Voice Ebony MI Phono Cartridge - High Output Medium Compliance

Soundsmith’s top-of-the-line High-Output Moving Iron Cartridge. The VOICE overturns the myth that MC type cartridges are the only path to perfection. With 40% lower effective moving mass than the other Soundsmith high-output cartridges; The VOICE is faster, smoother, more musical and without the sonic “signature” that MC cartridges produce.

The ultra-low mass OC-CL stylus tip and the single crystal ruby cantilever contribute to an overall sonic presentation that has given The VOICE bragging rights as possibly the best high-output cartridge in production today! The VOICE has been recognized industry-wide and has won numerous “product-of-the-year” awards.

Technical Specifications:

• Stylus:     Contact Line Nude, 0.100mm SQ
• Radius of Curvature:     Optimized Contour Contact Line
• Cantilever:     Ruby
• Recommended Tracking Force:     10mN / 1.0 gm (high), 13mN / 1.3 gm (medium)
• Effective Tip Mass:     0.30 mg
• Compliance:     28 µm/mN (high), 22 µm/mN (medium)
• Frequency Response:     20-20,000 Hz ± 1.0 dB
• Channel Separation (stereo only):     1000 Hz >30 dB, 50-15,000 >25 dB
• Channel Difference:     <0.5 dB (Stereo), <1.0 dB (Mono)
• Output Voltage:     >0.6 mV/cm/sec., 5 cm/sec. Lat. RMS >2.12 mV
• Cartridge Weight:     6.8 grams
• Load:     Resistance >/= 47 kohms, Capacitance: 100 - 200 pF, (400-600 pf available by special order)